Rerailer



Sept. 22, 1925.

" G. W. BATTLE RERAILER Filed Feb. 14, 192 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept. 22, 1925.

1,554,193 r G. W. BATTLE I v RQRAILER med Feb. 14, 1925 zsbuu-smn 2 n igfmunz Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE w. BATTLE, or SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

RERAILER.

Application filed Feb uary 14, 1925. Serial No. 9,302.

' Savannah, in the county of Uhatham and railer and consists of certain improvements State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rerailers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a railroad car reset forth in this specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a re-railer or car replacement frog adapted to re-rail cars that are off the track either to the right or left thereof and coming or go ing in either forward or reverse direction.

Another object of the invention is to provide a re-railer that will fit rails of various sizes or weights and remain stationary during the re-placement of a car on the rails.

Another object of the invention is to provide re-railers for each rail of the track practicallv identical in construction except reversed from left to right or vice versa.

With these and other objects in view which will be apparent as the description proceeds, I will now describe my invention in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure lis a plan view of my re-railers arranged to replace cars from the right hand side of the track.

2 is a plan View of my re-railers arranged to replace cars from the left hand side of the track.

Fig. 3 is a view from beneath of one rerailer.

Fig. 1 is a similar view of the other rerailer.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6, and,

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a slight modification of my device.

1-1 and 2-2 represent ordinary railroad rails of a track and 3 the ties.

I preferably provide bolt holes 6 in my re-railers and on their upper surfaces a channel portion 7-7, leading to a throat 8-8. The channel portions are bounded by inner ledges 9-9 and outer ledges 10, 10.

Hook-like projections 11, 11' project inwardly from both the right hand and left hand re-railers. It will be noticed that these hook-shaped projections 11, 11 extend outwardly and thence downwardly to hook over the rails 1-1 or 2-2 when cars are to be run over the re-railers back onto the rails. It will also be noticed in Fig. 1 that the hook on the right hand re-railer is resting on the rail 2-2. The hook (not shown) in Fig. 1 does not rest on the rail 1-1, but to one side thereof. In Fig. 2 the hook 11 on the left hand frog restsover the rail 1-1 while the hook 11 on the right hand frog is to one side of the rail 2-2 and to corresponcl with the inclination of the car after it has left the rails the left hand frog would ordinarily be placed in advance of the right hand frog of Fig- 1, although this is not invariably the case and the frogs will be arranged in the positions to suit the particular circumstances of each case.

The under side of the frogs are best illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 and comprise channel portions 15-15 bounded on either side by ledges 16-16 and 17-17. The channel portions 15-15 are wider at their lower portions in Figs. 3 and 1 and gradual- 1y narrowed to a throat portion opposite the hooks 11-11. These channel portions are adapted to fit over the rails 1-1 or 2-2, the wide lower portions of 15-15, allowing the frogs to be inclined more or less to the rails, the throat portion fitting more or less snugly the rail therein.

It will be observed that both frogs are provided with the hook portion 11-11 and l with the channel portion 15-15 either of which is adapted to fit over the rail as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, hence my two frogs are adapted to re-rail a car from the right hand side of-Fig. 1 going to the left in Fig. 1, or to re-rail a car from the left as shown in Fig. 2 movable in the same direction. It is also apparent that the frog may re-rail a car moving in the opposite direction from either the left or the right of the track.

I may provide lugs 20 on the lower portions of the frogs to prevent their slipping during the re-railing operation.

Fig. 6 shows a slight modification of my device having a lug 21 thereon to rest against the side of the rail to assist in steadying the same when in use.

The operation of my re-railer is apparent to those skilled in this art from the foregoing description. To re-rail a car the frogs are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 or 2.

One of the frogs in each position having its hook 11 or 11 over the rail and the other frog lying on top of the rail, the rail resting in the channel portion 15 or 15, this channel being wider at its outer portion permits the frog to be inclined to the rail to adapt it to receiving the de-railed car in a variety of positions What I claim as new-is:

1.. A re-railer frog having on its upper surface ledges inclined to each other and an intermediate channel portion, and on its lower surface ledges inclined to each other and an intermediate hannel portion a hook on the side of the re-railer atthe end of the channel portion on the lower surface of the re-railer, said hook being adapted to fit over the rails and said lower channel portion being also adapted to receive the rail but allowing horizontal adjustment of the frog on the rail. c

2. A reqailer for cars and the like comprising a frog-having on its'upper surface ledges inclined to each other and an intermediate channel portion to guide the oar to the rail, a hook on the side of the frog adapted to embrace the rail, said frog also having'on its under surface ledges inclined to each other and-a channel portion between the ledges with its throat portion opposite said hook, a. projection having a bolt hole therein adapted to receive a bolt and projections on the lower surface of the frogto prevent its slipping.

3. A pair o-f'fro'gs for re-railing a car on either side of the track and movable in either of two directions, each frog having an inwardly projecting hook to fit over a rail and each frog having ledges on their upper and lower surfaces, the ledges being inclined to each other and the lower channel section's of each frog being adapted to fit over a rail and horizontally tiltable to ad-" GEORGE W. BATTLE; 

